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Red Valley

Blue Hoodoo, OR

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical640 ft
Length2,577 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top5,362 ft

Red Valley drops 640 vertical feet over 2,577 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 38 named runs at Hoodoo. It faces northeast.

How well Red Valley holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Red Valley gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hoodoo does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Hoodoo. Its top sits at 5,360 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Red Valley profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Red Valley elsewhere

Nearby at Hoodoo

Measured by ZRankings from USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.